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June 22 1926. 1,589,572

A. E. SEINECKE HOLDER Filed July- 5, 1919 Q Wx/Z Patented June 22, 1926.

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Appllcatlon aled July 8, 1919. Serial I'o. 308,680.

Myinvention relates to supports, holders and the like, and its object 15 to provlde a convenient means for holding a plpe, cigar or other object on the steermg-post of an automobile. A further object of the invention is, in case of a pipe, cigar or similar smokers article held in the mouth, to enable the driver of the vehicle to lay thls artlcle aside out of the mouth without taking elther hand from the steering-wheel. 0

My invention consists in the combmat on of parts and in the details of construction and arrangement of arts as will hereinafter be more fully'descri ed and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a general perspective new of the upper parts of the steermg-post and the steering-wheel showin how my mventlon 1s preferably mounted t ereon;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the preferred deremoved therefrom As my invention is exemplified herein, it comprises a bracket 1 formed of a flat strlp havlng near one end a depression 2, made by forming two compound bends 3 in the strip; past which depression the strip has the small end part 4 with an opening 5 up and down through it. Some distance from the other side of the depression 2 a tongue 6 is fastened on the upper side of the bracket projecting toward the depression 2. Past this tongue 6 near the other end of the bracket there are suitable openings 7 through which suitable fastening means 8 pass to fasten the device to a fixed part of the gas and spark sector, as, for instance, to one end of the segment 9, as shown in Fig. 1. In the middle of the depression 2 is secured a stud 10 projecting upwardly.

The base comprises an upper disc 11 and a lower disc 12 concentric with each other,

4 and having registered central openings. The

upper disc 11 has a concentric series of uniformly spaced radial slots 13, radially about half way out from its central opening to its periphery. There are a plurality of springs 14, each composed of a piece of s ring wire bent into a loop with the junctlon of the two members of the loop uppermost and the ends of the loo passin downwardly and radially inward y througi adjacent slots 13 then bent up around the ed e of the central opening of the disc and Ira ally outwardly and downwardly onto the-flat upper surface of the disc between the slots 13 and the central opening. The lower disc 12 fits tightly against the bottom of the upper disc, and the two discs 11 and 12 have in their periphery a recess 15, in which the edge parts of the two discs are flanged or burred together.

The cup 16 has a central opening in its bottom, and rests on the to of the upper disc .11; the springs 14 ben ing outwardly and upwardly around the sides of the cup 16 and, above the rim of the cup, bending in toward each other. The cup 16 has, at one side, a lateral trough-shaped projection 17 resembling a spout; and a s ring 18 is formed 0 a wire loop of di erent shape from the other springs 14 and has its end parts fastened in two of the slots 13 like the other springs as just described, but its members, in bending outwardly and upwardly, pass to opposite sides of the rojection 17 of the cup; then bend radial outwardly and downwardlfy into a widened loop 19 out past the end 0 the cup projection 17, and approximately registering with the crosssection thereof. fl

A bolt 20 has its flat head against the upper side of the cup bottom, and passes down through the central openings of said bottom and the two discs 11 and 12, receiving on its lower end, up against the bottom of the lower disc, a nut 21,.which clamps the two discs and the cup 16 tightly together so that the lower disc 12 reinforces the connections of the springs 14 to the upper disc with the cup 16 pressed tightly by said springs all around; and these two discs, these springsand this bolt and its nut become, along with the cup, a virtually unitary structure. The lower end of the bolt 20 has a central opening 22 which receives the stud 10 that projects up from the middle of lower side of the lower disc 12 rests against the upper surfaces of the bracket 1 at'the the depression 2 of the bracket 1, while the 3" opposite sides of the depression 2. The lowor disc 12 has a plurality of bosses 23 pressed down in it along a concentrlc are where they are adapted to successlvel enter the opening 5 in the end part of the racket 1 as the base turns around on the stud 10. The recess 15 in the peri hery of the base ermits the base to pass t e tongue 6 when inserted onto the bracket, and then when the base is turned around on the bracket, the peripheral parts of the discs slide under the tongue 6 so that this tongue holds the base down in its rotary bearing on'the stud 10. The bosses 23, entering the openin 5, act as stops so that the base may be hel n any one of several ositions 1nto which it is an larly adjustab e.

1e device is thus designed so that the bracket 1 may be permanently mounted on a part of the steering] mechanism and the other arts mounted t ereon in such a way that they are readil removed by turning them around until t e recess 15 meets the tongue 6, permitting the structure to be lifted vertically olf the stud 10. The remaining bracket and stud and its tongue are very small and cause no inconvemence by being permanently mounted.

A smoking pipe may be held by forcmg the bowl down in the main part of the cup between the plurality of s rings 14, wh1c will yieldably grasp it; t e stem part 'of the pipe occucpying the trough-shaped projection 17 an the upper an outer part 19 of the spring 18.

A cigar or the like occupies the troughshaped projection 17 within the loop part 19 of the spring 18 with the lighted end inside of the main art of the cu where ashes and sparks will be caught an retained by the cup.

The readily ielding springs permit the pipe, cigar or t e like to be inserted therein, while held in the mouth by movement of the head so that it isnot necessary to use either hand in transferring the article from the mouth to the holder. This is a great convenience, and adds; very much to the safety of driving the vehicle where the driver desires to indulge in smoking while driving. As is well known, a smoker frequently desires to lay aside the pipe, cigar or the like; a withdrawal of either hand from the steering-wheel, especially while the automobile is running fast, is a source of danger. On account of these two conflicting circumstances, careful drivers are almost precluded from smoking while driving; but with this improved holder, smoking and driving may be indulged in simultaneously without hindrance to either.

The pipe, cigar orthe like is readily withdrawn from the holder by grasping it with the mouth by a suitable movement of the head; so that either laying aside or taking up the article is equally convenient, and without hindrance or danger in the driving as has just been pointed out.

When smoking is not being done by the driver, the bulkier part of the device is readily'remove'd and laid away; and it is as readily applied when again needed. The angular ad ustment provided for, permits the user to adjust the device very closely to the most suitable position for conveniently inserting and wit drawing the article in the manner described. It also permits this ad'ustment regardless of the particular position in which it may be necessary to mount the bracket 1 on the steering device'of any automobile. Moreover, it will be understood that the device is susceptible to modifications in its minor details, or some of these details may be omitted where the function is not required; all of these variations depending upon the particular circumstance of use. 1

Therefore, while certain constructional details are deemed preferable in connection with my invention, and I have shown and described these rather specifically in elucidating the construction and use of my invcntion, as is re uired, I do not wish to be understood as belng limited to such precise showing and description, but having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A holder comprising a cup-shaped part and a trough-shaped part extending from one side 0 said cup-shaped part, and a spring with an end fixed under said cupshaped part and having members extending up and anking said trough-shaped part and bending outwardly and downwardly. and meeting in a loop opposite the end of said trough-shaped part.

2. A holder comprising a cup-shaped part and a trough-shaped part extending from one side of said cup-shaped part, a plurality of springs fiistributed around said cup-shaped part, with ends fixed under said part and curving upwardly around the sides of said part, and a spring with an end fixed under said cup-shaped part and having members extending up and flanking said trough-shaped part and bending outwardly and downwardly and meeting in a loop opposite the end of said trough-shaped part.

3. In combination a bracket, a cup-shaped part rotatably mounted on said bracket, and 1 a trough-shaped part extending from one I side of said cup-shaped part, said cup-shaped part having a series of engaging means disposed concentrically with said. cup-shaped part and turning with the cup-shaped part, andsaid bracket having an opening in which said engaging means successively engage as the cup-shaped part is turned.

4. In combination a bracket, a cup-shaped part rotatabl mounted on said bracket, a trough-shape part extending from one side of said cup-shaped art, and yieldable means around said troug shaped part, sa1d cupshaped part having a series of engaging means disposed concentrically with the rotation of said cup-shaped part and turnmg with the cup-shaped part, and said bracket having an opening in which sa1d engagm means successively engage as the cup-shape part is turned.

5. In combination a bracket, a cup-shaped part rotatably mounted on said bracket, a peripheral part turning w1th sa1d cupshaped part and having a recess, and means on said bracket engaging over said peripheral art to hold said cup-shaped part on said bracket but releasing said cup-shaped part when reached by said recess, saidvcupshaped part having a series of engaging means dlsposed concentrically with the rotation of said cup-shaped part and turning with the cup-shaped part, and said bracket having an opening in which said engagin means successively engage as the cup-shape part is turned.

6. In combination a bracket havm for attachment to a supporting Ob]60t and having a depression near one end, a stud extending up in said depression, a cup-shaped part, a base turning with said cup-shaped part having a recess in its perilplhery, a bearmg in the center of said base, ttmg on sa1d stud, with peri heral parts of said base bearing on said racket at opposite s1des of said depression, and means on said bracket engaging over said base at one side thereof to hold said cup-shaped part on sa1d bracket but releasing said cup-shaped part when reached by said recess.

7. In combination a bracket having a part for attachment to a supporting object and having a depression near one end, a stud extending up in said depression, a cup-shaped part, a base turning with said cup-shaped part, a bearing in the center of said base,

fitting on said stud, with peripheral parts of said base bearin on said bracket at opposite sides of said epression, said base having a series of engaging means disposed concentrically to said bearing, said bracket having an opening in whichv said engaging means successively engage when said cupshaped part and vbase are turned, and means on said bracket engaging over said base at one side thereof.

8. In combination a bracket having a part for attachment to a supporting object and having a depression near one end, a stud extending up in said depression, a cupshaped part, a base turning with said cupshaped part having a recess in its periphery, a bearing in the center of said base, fitting on said stud, with peri heral parts of said base bearing on said racket at opposite a part sides of said de ression, said basc having a series of enga ng means disposed concentrically to sai bearing, said bracket having an opening in which said en aging means sucessively engage when said cup-shaped part and base are turned, and means on said racket en aging over said base at one side thereof to hold said cup-shaped part on said bracket but releasin said cup-shaped part when reached by sai recess.

9. A holder comprising a cup-sha ed art havmg an opening in its bottom, a isk aving a centra opening and a concentric series of slots, a series of s rings each composed of a wire bent into a oop with its end parts passing downwardly and radially inwardly through two of said slots and bent u wardly throu h the central opening of the isk and bent downward onto the topof said disk around said opening, said cup-shaped part resting down on said springs with the loops of the springs bending outwardly and upwardly around said cup-shaped part, means projecting through said openings and holding said cup-shaped part and disk together, and means to support said cup-shaped part and said disk and the springscarried thereby.

10. A holder comprising a cup-shazped part having an opening in its bottom, a isk aving a central opening and a concentric series of slots, a series of springs each composed of a wire bent into a loop with its end parts passing downwardly and radially inwardly through two of said slots and bent upwardly through the central opening of the disk and bent downward onto the top of said disk around said opening, said cupshaped part restin down on said springs with the loops oft e springs bending outwardl and upwardly around said cupshape part, a lower disk lying up against the aforementioned disk against the spring parts extending from said slots to said central opening, and having a central opening registering with the central opening of the other disk, means ,projecting through said openings of the cup-shaped part and disks and holding said cup-shaped part and said disks together, and means to support said cup-shaped part and said disks and the springs carried thereby.

11. A holder comprising a cup-shaped part having an opening in its bottom, a disk having a central opening and a concentric series of slots, a series of springs each composed of a wire bent into a loop with its end parts passing downwardly and radially inwardly through two of said slots and bent upwardly through the central opening of the dlsk and bent downward onto the top of said disk around said opening, said cupshaped part resting down on said springs with the loops of the springs bending outward] and upwardly around said cupshape part, means projecting through said,

openings and holding said cup-shaped part and disk together, and means to supportsaid cup-shaped part havin a troughshaped projection, and one 0 said springs having members extending u and flanking said trough-shaped part an bending outwardly and downwardl and meetin in a loop opposite the end 0 said trough-s aped part, a bracket having a part for attachment to a supporting object, a pivotal bearing on W said bracket for said means that hold said cup and disk together, and means on said bracket engaging over a peri heral part of said disk to 1101 said cup an disk on said bracket.

ADOLPH E. SEINECH. 

